When comparing musca vs UWM, the Slant community recommends musca for most people. In the question“What are the best window managers for Linux?”musca is ranked 13th while UWM is ranked 43rd. The most important reason people chose musca is:

All the defaults for musca are quite simple to understand and they work well, making for a very intuitive interface.

Pros

Pro

Intuitive interface

All the defaults for musca are quite simple to understand and they work well, making for a very intuitive interface.

Pro

Space efficient

Musca has zero panels, icons, tabs, or window decorations that take up precious screen space (though these items can be added on top by installing separate apps to perform these functions).

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Grouping system similar to virtual desktops

Windows are placed in named groups which can be used in a similar fashion to virtual desktops. Groups can be added and removed on the fly, and each group has its own frame layout.

Pro

Multi-screen support out of the box

Musca has built-in multi-screen support and automatically creates groups for all available screens.

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Can handle floating windows

Since not all applications suit tiling, a more traditional stacking window manager mode is also available, allowing windows to float at any screen location and overlap.

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Uses the same commands in its commands menu as in its startup file

The commands menu uses the same commands as the startup file, making configuration very simple.

Pro

Frames are either bordered or highlighted

Musca window manager has a slim border around its displayed windows, while there is a highlighted frame around the active window.

Pro

Window hex menu

UWM utilizes a hex menu for interaction with each application menu. This allows each window to forgo the normal open/close buttons found on the border, giving each window a very uniform look. The hex menu is brought to focus by clicking on any application's window border.

Pro

Easily accessible online documentation

While some portions of the documentation are incomplete, the important parts (first start, command line options, configuration, etc.) are well written and easy to find.

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Can be used on almost any Unix-like OS

UWM can run on just about any Unix-like OS as it is extremely lightweight and only has one required dependency: X11.

Cons

Con

Lack of status bar

If the user wishes to use a status bar, they will need to install one separately as there are none in musca by default.

Con

Limited keyboard shortcuts

There are limited keyboard shortcuts supported in UWM (though more are planned for upcoming releases).

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